For example, if a company has long-term debt of $100 million and total equity of $278 million, the debt-equity ratio of the firm is 36 percent. Of note, industries often have debt-equity ratio norms; therefore, investors should only compare ratios of firms operating in the same sectors.he total debt ratio compares the total liabilities with the total assets of a firm. Unlike the debt-equity ratio, short-term assets and liabilities are factored into the equation. The calculation is straightforward, the firm's total liabilities are divided by total assets.
Definition of qual. in English: 1  qual. 2  a piece of flavoured ice or ice cream on a stick. 3  a rope with a suspended handle or pulley enabling a person to slide between two points. 4  a dance move popular in the sixties.
also seâ¢manâ²tiâ¢cal, adj. 1. of or pertaining to meaning or arising from the different meanings of words or other symbols: semantic change; semantic confusion. 2. of or pertaining to semantics.